Hindustan Unilever Hiring For Lead IT Manager – Source to Contract at Bengaluru / Bangalore Full Time

Job Title: Lead IT Manager – Source to Contract

Location: UniOps Bangalore

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people’s lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow – making sustainable living commonplace.

UniOps provide professional services for Unilever and therefore is critical in supporting Unilever’s Compass strategy. The UniOps community consists of specialists from IT, Finance, Workplace and the HR functions who work together to maintain, develop and create solutions that meet the needs of the business today and tomorrow.

ABOUT UNIOPS:

Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.

Main purpose of job:

Global Procurement is the organisation within Unilever focusing on direct & indirect procurement. The business process within Procurement span across sourcing, negotiations, contracting, invoicing and payments, supplier management etc., and all of these business processes are run by Supplier Operations team as process excellence.

The candidate will work as Lead IT Manager in Procurement IT Platform and will be service owner / product owner for all the IT applications falls under source to contract space.

Procurement Platform is a part of Global Supply Chain team within Enterprise Platform and Products with roles & responsibilities spanning across:

• Business partnering with Procurement Business and Process Excellence team.

• IT strategy & product roadmap

• Delivery of IT solutions from concept to landing

• Support & BAU operations of the existing IT applications

Key Accountabilities:

• Business Partner with the Procurement Process Excellence teams to align on Innovation projects and build associated Business Case.

• Own the vision, roadmap, tools and strategy for Source to Contract IT Platforms.

• Own overall Program Management for various programs running in the space of Source to Contact, Track & Report Program/budget progress to senior stakeholders from Supplier Operations and Enterprise Platform and Products.

• Challenge the team to ensure efficient, resilient design of the solutions – keeping a view of the big picture and alignment with the Architectural roadmap for the Platform.

• Collaborate with IT Steering group to formulate and drive the vision for Destination IT Architecture.

• Partner with Supplier Operations team to measure Program success OKRs against the Business Case.

• Lead the Audit and Controls process within the Platform to ensure no deviation to the mandatory compliance requirements.

• Support project summaries and updates for key stakeholder, leadership, and steering committee meetings, in alignment with Communication team.

• Lead the Technology driven programs like Strategic App Rationalisation (SPARTA) to make our platforms and products more strategic and resilient.

• Drive strategic discussions on IT roadmap for critical applications.

• Managing big team of internal and external resources / experts and mentorship to them.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge in various supply chain processes and systems like SAP ECC, CLM, Ariba / Supplier Collaboration, Coupa, Jagger, Anaplan and other key procurement applications.

• Overall appreciation and understanding of Procurement processes like Sourcing, Contracting, P2P and Analytics.

• Understanding of system architecture, integration principles, Agile methodologies and DevOps processes.

• Experience in Business requirement gathering, conducting business workshops and driving consensus amongst various teams, and proposing solutions and designs addressing Business problems.

• Thorough experience in managing end to end project/program delivery spanning across technologies and having multi-vendor teams.

• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management. Proven ability to impact and influence end-users and stakeholders.

• Self-motivated: able to handle multiple workstreams, prioritize, and manage time efficiently

• Highly organized | Energetic | Proactive. Confident to challenge status quo with peers and leaders.

• Demonstrate ability to lead large teams while having an independent technology viewpoint to be presented to Senior business stakeholders.

• Enterprise thinker and strategist.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in delivering key digital programs in complex organizations comparable to Unilever

Key interfaces:

Major internal customers and external contacts:

• Unilever Procurement Business – Buyers, Directors and VP’s

• Supplier Ops Team – PEC, Directors and VP’s

• IT Platform/Enterprise Architect/Procurement

• SI partners

• Other team members in Uniops, specially within procurement IT, SAP platform, Integration, RPA, UDL, IHD etc to deliver the project.

At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you!